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Draggingtree

This salad will change the way you think about grilled vegetables. The grill keeps the lettuce juicy and crunchy but also imparts smoky, meaty flavors. Get the recipe.

Caprese: The Essence of August

By Meathead

﻿Caprese salad is the world's best use of tomatoes and possibly the world's best salad and perfect for backyard entertaining. This classic summer dish from the Island of Capri off the west coast of Italy is the essence of August on a plate. Get the recipe.

Grilled Italian Eggplant Caponata

By Meathead

Eggplant is one beautiful vegetable and this recipe highlights it wonderfully. Grilling the ingredients adds a layer of complexity to caponata, a traditional eggplant based recipe that is especially popular in southern Italy. Grilled caponata is perfect on a sandwich, as an appetizer on crusty bread, as a sauce for grilled seafood, pork chops, or chicken, in pasta, and even on pizza. Try it.

Thai Cucumber Salad

By Meathead

Add a touch of Thai to your next dinner with this recipe for sweet and tangy cold cucumber salad. One of the simple pleasures of dining in a Thai restaurant is the lovely delicate cucumber salad they serve as an appetizer and now you can replicate it at home with this simple to prepare recipe. Try the recipe.

Dill Pickles & Pickled Tomatoes

By Meathead

If you're a fan of tangy deli pickles and pickled tomatoes then you'll be ready to dive in to this recipe for classic deli-style Kosher sours. Even better is the fact that they can be made in one day! This recipe is also perfect for pickled tomatoes, a great way to utilize end of season green tomatoes. Get this recipe.

Crunchy French-Style Green Beans

By Meathead

You've heard of French fries, well here are French beans, and they're just as good. Nothing fancy about this great recipe other than the taste. In France they use a variety of bean called haricots verts that is longer and thinner than the typical string bean grown in the US, but you can use plain fresh green beans. Try this.